University administrators have indicated that non-union Penn State employees who are eligible will receive notice of a merit-based salary increase for fiscal year 2019-20 by the end of September. The increase in pay will be reflected in eligible employees’ September 2019 paychecks, and pay increases will be retroactive to July 1, 2019.

Joseph Geffre has been named the new director of Penn State’s Multimedia and Print Center, effective Sept. 16. Geffre most recently served as director of Mail and Document Services for the Pennsylvania College of Technology, a Penn State affiliate, in Williamsport.

As part of National Preparedness Month, Penn State University Police and Public Safety reminds students, employees and visitors to familiarize themselves with the University’s official Active Attacker Response Program to learn more about how to react when encountering a potentially life-threatening situation anywhere.

A confidential University-wide survey is being conducted by University Police and Public Safety to gain an understanding of student and employee attitudes and opinions related to police services and programs and campus safety. On Sept. 13, about 34,000 members of the Penn State community will receive the survey, spread across the 22 campuses where University Police provides services.

University Police and Public Safety advises Penn State football fans that Penn State police will be operating an authorized drone in and around Beaver Stadium as part of home football game police operations.

Four individuals -- Gail Hurley, Ford Stryker, Gordon Turow and David Zehngut -- who left their mark on Penn State residential life were honored on Aug. 14 at University Park’s newly renovated East Halls, when benches dedicated to them were revealed.

The start of the fall semester brings an increase in foot and vehicle traffic to Penn State campuses, which is why University Police and Public Safety reminds pedestrians and drivers to be mindful of each other on the roadway.

Penn State students, faculty and staff can find out all they need to know about getting around campus and town — and enter to win some great prizes — at the second annual Transportation Fair, set for 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 27 on the HUB lawn at University Park.

Penn State has named Jennifer Santiago as its new assistant vice president of risk management and University risk officer, effective Sept. 12. Santiago, formerly director of risk management at Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp., takes over for Gary Langsdale, who will retire in December.

Joseph Milek, assistant chief of police at Oklahoma State University, has been named chief of police operations for Penn State University Police and Public Safety. In this role, Milek will oversee police operations at 22 Penn State campuses.

Chris Halbig, a systems administrator in the Penn State Office of Physical Plant, is set to earn his degree — with a 4.0 GPA — through the College of Information Sciences and Technology on Aug. 10. Halbig, who first enrolled at Penn State in 2002 before withdrawing, resumed his education in 2014 thanks to the encouragement of his manager at OPP.

Joe Cullen, chief investment officer for the Montana Board of Investments, has been named Penn State’s new chief investment officer, following a national search. Cullen will begin his appointment at the University on Sept. 16.

Students at Penn State's University Park campus can spend more time studying and less time doing laundry with the launch of Tide University Laundry this fall. The program offers on-demand wash-and-fold and dry-cleaning options through an app-based locker service with locations across campus.